2005 Palanca Awards - English Division

English Division

Novel

• Grand Prize: "Salamanca" by Dean Francis Alfar

Short Story

• First Prize: "The Shakespeare Guy" by Alexis A.L. Abola
• Second Prize: "Shut Up and Live" by Lakambini A. Sitoy
• Third Prize: "At Merienda" by Maryanne Moll

Futuristic Fiction

• First Prize: "Treasure Islands" by Karen Manalastas
• Second Prize: "Last Bus Ride" by Pia R. Roxas
• Third Prize: "Espiritu Santos" by Pearlsha Abubakar

Poetry

• First Prize: "What Little I Know of Luminosity" by Joel M. Toledo
• Second Prize: "Evasions" by Naya S. Valdellon
• Third Prize: "The Proxy Eros" by Ana Maria Katigbak

Short Story for Children

• First Prize: "No Lipstick for Mother" by Grace Dacanay-Chong
• Second Prize: "The Dancers of Malumbay" by Raissa Claire U. Rivera
• Third Prize: "Menggay’s Magical Chicken" by Nikki Alfar

Essay

• First Prize: "From the Outlands with Love" by Lakambini A. Sitoy
• Second Prize: "Metaphor Man and Migrant, I" by Aurelio S. Agcaoili
• Third Prize: "Thorn" by Maria Angela Nicole S. Perreras

One-Act Play

• First Prize: "First Snow of November" by Alfonso I. Dacanay
• Second Prize: "Children of the Sea" by Glenn Sevilla Mas
• Third Prize: "Welcome to Intelstar" by Christopher D. Martinez

Full Length Play

• First Prize: "In the Land of the Giants" by Glenn Sevilla Mas
• Second Prize: "Jyan Ken Pon" by Ma. Clarissa N. Estuar
• Third Prize: "Something Happened" by Allan Lopez